英语词汇“predation”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Predation is the act of preying on someone or something, especially when you're talking about animals. Nature shows can be hard to watch when they show the predation of an animal on a smaller, cuter animal.

A predator is an animal that attacks a smaller, weaker animal, called the prey. So predation is the act of being a predator, catching and attacking. The noun predation is most commonly used to talk about groups like pirates or marauders who prey on innocent people. In fact, the Latin root word praedationem means a plundering or taking of booty. In fact, predation described people before it was applied to animals.

WORD FAMILY

predation: predations

USAGE EXAMPLES

Twenty-one alala died due to disease and predation, and the remaining six were recaptured.

Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016)

Predation helps to stabilize food chains by buffering oscillations in the availability of carrion, which are linked to climate events and disease epidemics.

Nature(Dec 20, 2016)

Although we were there to film predation, we were all rooting for the iguanas.

The Guardian(Dec 11, 2016)

1n the act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey

Hyper

hunt, hunting

the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts

2n an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding

Syn|Hyper

depredation

pillage, pillaging, plundering

the act of stealing valuable things from a place

单词	predation
释义	predation (once / 67156 pages) n Predation is the act of preying on someone or something, especially when you're talking about animals. Nature shows can be hard to watch when they show the predation of an animal on a smaller, cuter animal. A predator is an animal that attacks a smaller, weaker animal, called the prey. So predation is the act of being a predator, catching and attacking. The noun predation is most commonly used to talk about groups like pirates or marauders who prey on innocent people. In fact, the Latin root word praedationem means a plundering or taking of booty. In fact, predation described people before it was applied to animals. WORD FAMILY predation: predations USAGE EXAMPLES Twenty-one alala died due to disease and predation, and the remaining six were recaptured. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) Predation helps to stabilize food chains by buffering oscillations in the availability of carrion, which are linked to climate events and disease epidemics. Nature(Dec 20, 2016) Although we were there to film predation, we were all rooting for the iguanas. The Guardian(Dec 11, 2016) 1n the act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey Hyper hunt, hunting the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts 2n an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding Syn\|Hyper depredation pillage, pillaging, plundering the act of stealing valuable things from a place
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